National News from Slovakia

(Fri 24 Mar 06) The Opposition Smer party appeals to Premier Mikulas Dzurinda to consider the current chaos in the healthcare sector as of equal importance to finishing his...

(Thu 16 Mar 06) Blasts of strong wind hit the south-west of Slovakia on Sunday and reached as much as 70 kilometres per hour, damaging property, uprooting trees and...

(Thu 02 Mar 06) The Slovak Supreme Court on Wednesday outlawed the ultra-nationalist Slovenska Pospolitost - Slovak Togetherness - party due to its political activities. The Court decided these...

(Thu 02 Mar 06) Premier Mikulas Dzurinda said on Tuesday that the next government will continue to sell land and property needed to raise funds in order to complete...

(Tue 28 Feb 06) A no-confidence vote in Culture Minister Ludovit Toth held at a special session on Friday, initiated by the opposition Movement for a Democratic Slovakia was...

(Tue 28 Feb 06) Altogether 226 samples of dead birds were delivered to the State Veterinary Institute on Friday to be examined for potential infection with the H5N1 virus....

(Fri 24 Feb 06) The presence of bird flu in Slovakia was confirmed by the laboratory tests on samples from two dead birds infected by the dangerous H5N1 virus,...

(Thu 16 Feb 06) Since the beginning of January, Slovak hospitals with debts are no longer protected by the law, and are now threatened with the confiscation of their...

(Thu 16 Feb 06) Elections to the Slovak Parliament called for June 17 will be held according to a completely new law, which reduces the time available for voting...

(Thu 16 Feb 06) Germany, Austria and neighboring Hungary claim that the H5N1 virus is present on their territory. No similar news has been announced in Slovakia yet, although...